I know there are many SQ and QS records out there that were never advertised or marked as such, but I just got a bit of info today that really caught me by surprise! I've been hanging out lately at www.stevehoffman.tv . If you don't know who Steve Hoffman is, he is a highly regarded mastering guru responsible for the majority of the excellent DCC LP's and gold CD's.
Anyway, there was some mention of Neil Young's "Harvest" being an SQ quad recording and I felt the need to set things straight by saying this was never released in quad. Steve Hoffman himself replied with the following:
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Originally posted by Steve Hoffman
Well, actually, "Harvest" was (in a sense) released in SQ. Put an SQ decoder on your old LP. It should decode nicely.
BTW, the master tapes of Harvest are marked "SQ" right on the tape boxes.
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Wow, talk about a mind-blower! I'm going to have to give that one a listen tonight!
BTW, www.stevehoffman.tv is an EXCELLENT and VERY active discussion board. I highly recommend you guys checking it out. Plus I need some support in the surround-sound debate. The stereophiles are ganging up on me! <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/ohwell.gif ALT=":\">
Anyway, there was some mention of Neil Young's "Harvest" being an SQ quad recording and I felt the need to set things straight by saying this was never released in quad. Steve Hoffman himself replied with the following:
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Originally posted by Steve Hoffman
Well, actually, "Harvest" was (in a sense) released in SQ. Put an SQ decoder on your old LP. It should decode nicely.
BTW, the master tapes of Harvest are marked "SQ" right on the tape boxes.
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Wow, talk about a mind-blower! I'm going to have to give that one a listen tonight!
BTW, www.stevehoffman.tv is an EXCELLENT and VERY active discussion board. I highly recommend you guys checking it out. Plus I need some support in the surround-sound debate. The stereophiles are ganging up on me! <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/ohwell.gif ALT=":\">